Happy Leet Day

It might be a little sad, but apparently today is 1337 day, or "leet" day. That's right, the date today, written properly, is 13/3/7. I have to confess, I'm not quite sure what would be an appropriate way to celebrate.

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u r teh h4x0r!!! h4ppy 1337 d4y!!

#1, gr0kb10kr, United States, 13 March 2007. Reply to this.

The most appropriate celebration to me would be to go down to your local computer retailer, and write a two line basic program on every display machine to display "The same machine is cheaper next door" in an endless loop, just like you used to do as a child.

That is what everybody did as a child, right?

It does lose some of its Leet value when you discover that while POKE 649,0 disabled the keyboard on Commodore 64s, it is unlikely to do the same to a PC.

#2, Luke Welling, Australia, 13 March 2007. Reply to this.

Unfortunately, there won't be a 1337 day in America until January 3, 2037, because we format our dates m/d/y. Bummer.

#3, Scott N., United States, 13 March 2007. Reply to this.

aww, I feel so left out....where's a global holiday like Talk Like a Pirate Day when you need it?

#4, enygma, United States, 13 March 2007. Reply to this.

gr0kb10kr: 1337 5p34k FTW :)

Luke: As a kid, I remember spending most of my time trying to make my tape deck play tapes into my ZX Spectrum. Fun times!

Scott: Poor America. Actually, thinking about it ... we'll get another one over here around the same time - 1st March 2037.

enygma: Maybe this should be International Write Like a Hacker Day? :)

#5, Dave Child, United Kingdom, 13 March 2007. Reply to this.

Happy belated 1337 day to all the Brits!

#6, Dan, Canada, 14 March 2007. Reply to this.